Backwards clothes and inside out? A shoe on the wall and our schedule written backwards? It must be Dr. Seuss's Wacky Wednesday! What a fun book! This Wacky Wednesday we took a close look at the book. We put it up on the document camera so that we had a full view of all the wackiness. We had to read the book in 15 minute chunks because the children were looking so closely for all the strange things hidden in each illustration.
We also made whirly birds to celebrate Wacky Wednesday. On our whirly birds we wrote five important "wh" words: who, what, when, where, and why. Then, we would throw the whirly bird in the air, as it twirled down we had to see if we could spell the "wh" word called out. Wacky Wednesday spelling lesson for sure!
With all the wacky things going on we also had some time to be serious. We read Dr. Seuss's story The Lorax. The Lorax has an important ecology lesson that goes perfectly with our latest inquiry unit of protecting Earth's natural resources. After we read the story, we had a little snack and pulled up a Popplet we made about protecting the Earth's treasures.
The students used what we have learned in reading to write how they can help protect the Earth. They did a great job! They also illustrated their writing by coloring then spraying a coffee filter with water. The sprayed filters turned into beautiful Earths. Take a look at a few samples.
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